Patiala : is about 125 miles to the northwest of Delhi. With Jind & Nabha, Patiālā formed the Phulkian princely states created in 1763 after the capture of Sirhind by the Sikh Confederacy. Their rulers descended from Phul a Sikh descendant of Jaisal Bhatti, the Rajput founder of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. Hamīr Singh became its first ruler. In 1809, the Cis-Sutlej states Jind & Nabha & Patiālā came under the protection of the E.I. Co. (See Ranjit Singh). Sir Narindar Singh (1823-62) succeeded his father, Karam Singh, as ruler of Patiālā in Dec.1845: assisted Govt. in Sikh wars & was rewarded with lands, privileges, & assurance of protection. In 1857, he again showed his unswerving & conspicuous loyalty to Govt., by sending an auxiliary force to Delhi, Gwalior & Dholpur, & keeping open communications on the Grand Trunk Road. His services were acknowledged by grant of territory, an adoption sanad, & a K.C.S.I. (Knight Commander of Star of India), 1861: Member of Gov.-Gen.’s Legislative Council, 1862. Rajendra Singh (1872-1900) succeeded his father Mahendra Singh in 1876: for his military services in Mohmand campaign of 1897, a G.C.S.I. (Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India) in 1898; he offered his services in the Transvaal [see Boer(s) & Gen Delarey]. Bhupendra Singh (1891-1938) greatly developed the state. [Buckland; s/a Nabha]
... and, with the exception of one or two independent princes, like the Gaekwar, neither Maharaja nor Council of Administration can call their souls their own. On all this comes the commotion in Patiala. The Patiala conspiracy has yet to be proved to be more real than the Midnapur specimen. But, if all is true that is being asserted in the Punjab press as to the refusal of the most ordinary privileges of... Turkey and even Japan as the inevitable fate of an institution foreign to the Asiatic genius, which is popularly supposed to recoil from freedom and hug most lovingly the heaviest chains. The Patiala Arrests For some time past the Native States of Rajputana and Punjab have been vying with each other in promulgations and legislations of a drastic character against sedition and conspiracy. The ...
... Karmayogin Facts and Opinions The Patiala Case The Patiala case has developed a real objective, which is the destruction of the Arya Samaj, the men arrested being merely pawns in the game. The speech of the Counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Grey, in no way sets out an ordinary case against individuals, nor is there any passage in it which gives any... Justice Chandavarkar has declared it to be the law that to condemn terrorism in strong language and trace it to its source is sedition. At Patiala it is contended that to read the Amrita Bazar Patrika and the Punjabee is sedition. We are not quite sure that at Patiala the prosecuting counsel did not hint that to bring Christianity or Mahomedanism into contempt or hatred is sedition. And we have these... bar by his pressing of trivial and doubtful evidence against the accused in the Alipur case, but it seems to us that Mr. Grey has departed still farther from those lofty traditions. And what if the Patiala Court decides that the Arya Samaj is a seditious body, seditious in origin, seditious in intention, seditious in action? Will the Government proscribe as an illegal association this wealthy, powerful ...
... 1998 and Busan 2002.. Origin of Asian Games The idea of holding a sports meet on the Olympic pattern for the Asian countries was mooted in 1934 by the late Maharaja Yadavendra Singh of Patiala and Professor G.D. Sondhi. The first West Asiatic Games were held in New Delhi in February 1934 in which four countries — India, Afghanistan, Ceylon and Palestine — participated. These games were to... Games. The Indian Olympic Association then revised its earlier decision and itself offered to hold the first Asian Games in Feb. 1950 which too could not take place as per schedule. The Maharaja of Patiala was elected the first President of the Asian Games Federation and Professor Sondhi was made the Secretary-cum-Treasurer. The first Asian Games were actually held in New Delhi from March 4 to 11, 1951... the salute. The participating nations marched past, but not in alphabetical order, thus indicating the friend ship developed among the competitors. After a brief closing speech by the Maharaja of Patiala, the flag and the torch were handed over to the Chief Commissioner of Delhi for safe keeping till the Games were held again four years later in Manila (Philippines) in 1954. Eleven guns were fired ...
... country as well as foreign lands and we were all full of curiosity. In the assembly I came to know about the famous Gama wrestler renowned all over the world who was sponsored by the Maharaja of Patiala. They said that Gama took five seers* of milk and ate eight chickens and other things besides. After the assembly we had classes again from 2 to 4 in the afternoon. After four we were Shepherded ...
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